. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/PER/89 
23 March 2005 
 
 (05-1228) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   Spanish 
  
 
NOTIFICATION OF EMERGENCY MEASURES 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  PERU
 
If applicable, name of local government involved: 
2. Agency responsible:  National Agrarian Health Service – SENASA.  
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Ruminants and swine and products thereof.  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected , to the extent relevant or practicable:  
Argentina 
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Abolition of the Import 
Ban on Ruminants and Swine and Products Thereof from Argentina Established under 
Departmental Resoluti on No. 108-2001-AG-SENASA.  
6. Description of content:  Abolishes the import ban on rumi nants and swine and products 
thereof from Argentina established under Departmental Resolution No. 108-2001-AG-
SENASA. 
 Authorizes the issuance of animal health  import permits for animals and products 
and by-products of animal origin from Argentin a, the sanitary requirements for which will 
be established in accordance with World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) recommendations and relevant exis ting national health standards. 
7. Objective and rationale: [    ] food safety,  [  X ] animal health,  [   ] plant protection, [    ] 
protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [    ] protect territory from other 
damage from pests 
8. Nature of the urgent problem(s) and reasons for urgent action:  The World 
Organization for Animal Health recognizes the z one of Argentina situated north of the 42nd 
parallel as "free from Foot-and-Mouth Disease (FMD) with vaccination" and the zone 
situated south of the 42nd parallel as "free from FMD without vaccination". 
9. International standard, guideline or recommendation: 
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission,  [ X ] World Organization for Animal Health 
(OIE), [   ] International Plant Protection Convention,  [   ] None If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate 
reference and briefly identify deviations:  Measures based on the OI E Terrestrial Animal 
Health Code. G/SPS/N/PER/89 
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 10. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Departmental 
Resolution No. 018-2005-AG (2 pages, in Spanish).  
11. Date of entry into force/period of application (as applicable):   The day after its 
publication in the Official Journal, El Peruano , on 12 February 2005.  
12. Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [    ] National notification 
authority, [    ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if 
available) of other body:  
Servicio Nacional de Sanidad Agraria – SENASA 
Dirección General de Sanidad Animal 
Av. La Molina 1915, Distrito de la Molina, Lima 12 – Peru Fax: +511 313 3315 +511 313310 E-mail:  postmaster@senasa.gob.pe
, odominguez@senasa.gob.pe 
 
13. Texts available from:  [    ] National notification authority, [    ] National enquiry point, 
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body: